[Open-education] OER Digest-November 4th, 2016

[OER Digest]

>From Katie Steen (USPIRG) and Brady Yano (SPARC) | Volume 18 | November
4th, 2016

With help from Dr. David Wiley, Lindsey Tepe, Layla Bonnot, Nicole
Finkbeiner, Sarah Cohen, and Nick Shockey

THE OER DIGEST

Your bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and
reminders

UPDATES FROM #OPENED16: Our special edition OER Digest video is available
here <https://youtu.be/vUX2vVRtqME>

OPEN CONNECTIONS

Conferences, jobs, and other OER-related opportunities

EVENT: RSVP <http://openedconference.org/2016/> now to attend OpenCon Live
<http://www.opencon2016.org/live>, the live webcast of OpenCon 2016 this
November 12-14. <http://openedconference.org/2016/>
http://www.opencon2016.org/opencon_2016_live

JOB: The University of Nebraska at Kearney is looking for a Coordinator for
Virtual Library Services. http://unk.peopleadmin.com/postings/1409

JOB: The University of Nebraska at Kearney is looking for an Electronic
Resources/Web Services Librarian. http://unk.peopleadmin.com/postings/1410

STORIES FROM THE FIELD

A brief snapshot of those making change on the ground level, and those most
impacted

FROM ARKANSAS: The ASG Joint Resolution calls for faculty and staff to look
into the implementation and creation of open educational resources at the
UofA. Open educational resources, or OERs, are free online textbooks,
learning and research materials that substitute having to purchase or rent
physical textbooks for class. “It’s going to make going to school cheaper,”
Bone said. “It’s going to benefit all of us.” The online aspect makes
learning more social and interactive, Bone said. Professors who teach
subjects where OER textbooks are available have the ability to assign them,
but most still require textbooks that need to be bought or rented. Read
more>
<http://www.uatrav.com/news/article_e80a8364-9c7d-11e6-8723-0f795b507335.html>

FROM ALBERTA: Representatives from five schools across Alberta launched the
#textbookbrokeAB campaign this fall to showcase the amount of money
students are spending on books. Instead, they want schools to look more
seriously at open source textbooks, or books that have been published and
licensed to be used by anyone. It’s an idea gaining momentum in other
places, including B.C. Katelyn Garlough, VP academic of MacEwan’s student
association, said the final bill for regular textbooks can often be more
than $1,000 a semester. “Some students are sacrificing how much food they
put on their table that month, they’re sacrificing certain bills,” she
said. Read More>
<http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2016/10/26/students-lead-push-for-open-textbooks-with-new-campaign-.html>

TWEET OF THE WEEK

Tom Evans ‏@taevans <https://twitter.com/taevans> Nov 2
<https://twitter.com/taevans/status/793842256423768064>

@tjbliss <https://twitter.com/tjbliss> @RegLeichty
<https://twitter.com/RegLeichty> gotta catch em all #twittergo
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/twittergo?src=hash> #opened16snark
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/opened16snark?src=hash> #thereifixedit
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/thereifixedit?src=hash>

SYLLABUS

Interesting Reads on Education and Open

3 Ways to Prove the ROI in Open Educational Resources | The Eyeopener

https://theeyeopener.com/2016/10/digital-textbooks-are-killing-the-used-textbook-market/

Delaware commits to using open education resources in classrooms | Delaware
Public Media

http://delawarepublic.org/post/delaware-commits-using-open-education-resources-classrooms

See how a school district will save hundreds of thousands on textbooks | M
Live
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2016/10/see_how_a_school_district_will.html

Faculty advocating for cheaper textbooks | The Roundup News
<http://theroundupnews.com/2016/10/25/faculty-advocating-cheaper-textbooks/>

http://theroundupnews.com/2016/10/25/faculty-advocating-cheaper-textbooks/

A Broader View of OER: In Response to McShane’s Article on Open Education |
Education Next

http://educationnext.org/in-response-to-mcshanes-article-on-open-education/

Open Mindset | Memorial University Gazette

https://gazette.mun.ca/teaching-and-learning/open-mindset/


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